laying foundation scheme of several projects under Multi Sectorial Development Plan, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav raised the honorarium of Madarsa teachers from Rs 1000 to Rs 3000 here on Tuesday.
Addressing the one day meeting of manager and principals of Madarsas of the State here at Indira Gandhi Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said that his government committed for welfare of the Madarsa teachers and would look into all their difficulties. He accused previous Mayawati led government for doing nothing for the welfare of Muslims or for madarsa teachers and just looted the state exchequer. Chief Minister said that SP government is fulfilling all the
promises they made in their election manifesto and is returning the public money by doing welfare for all. He cited schemes like Kanya Vidya Dhan, allowances given to girls of minority community for marriage/taking up higher education under `Hamari Beti Uska Kal’ scheme, distribution of 15 lakh laptops to students, and various other schemes like increasing ITIs, other technical institutes etc, which have taken for welfare of youths. Akhilesh Yadav claimed that Uttar Pradesh also becomes the first state in the country under SP regime which allocated 25 percent of the total financial and physical expenses just on schemes meant for welfare of minority community.
Akhilesh later announced increase of Rs 1000 honorarium for intermediate pass madarsa teachers, Rs 2000 for graduate pass and Rs 3000 to those who are post-graduates. He claimed that new Madarsa policy will be announced within a month while those madarsa teachers who retired would get pension from treasury from next year.